Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Marciano and Nick Taylor. Taylor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hit em up 2 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Nick Taylor has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 wins, 1 losses and 1 draws, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocco Marciano!And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Taylor!The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Taylor closes the distance and clinches up with Marciano, looking for a takedown. Taylor pushes Marciano against the cage but Marciano circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Taylor tries to clinch up. Taylor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Taylor shoots for a takedown but Marciano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Taylor swinging wildly here.
Marciano lands with a nice body kick. A shot to the liver by Marciano. Beautiful body shot.Taylor looks winded! Marciano connects with a body shot. Taylor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Marciano. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marciano.
Taylor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marciano tries to avoid it but Taylor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marciano to the ground. Marciano escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Rocco Marciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Taylor.Marciano drops Taylor with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Taylor looks back up at him and smiles so Marciano waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Nick Taylor has been cut.The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Marciano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Taylor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Marciano throws a leg kick which misses Taylor's front leg but catches the back leg as Taylor tries to avoid it. Marciano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marciano swats him away and circles back towards the center. Marciano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.That's one minute gone in the round. Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch. Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marciano circles away quickly and effectively. Marciano misses with a two punch combination.
Taylor tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Marciano counters with a nice body kick. Marciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Marciano lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Taylor head around and knocks him out cold! Marciano hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rocco Marciano!A very excited looking Rocco Marciano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.In defeat, Nick Taylor stepped up to the mic, saying 'Everybody gets beat sooner or later'.